Thanks, Your suggestion below pointed out that .bash_profile is the initialization file. But .bash_profile has no references to Path in it. I can add PATH=$PATH:/sw/bin as you suggested, but will adding this override my original Path variable, or simply add it to the existing path?
If it is possible I would rather add /sw/bin to the resource file where the rest of my Path is stored. How would I go about doing this? Bill -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Peter Münster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Sat, Jan 26 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > PATH="/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin" > > > > Mutt is in /sw/bin/ > > > > How can I add /sw/bin/ to my path? > > Hello, > > Just after logging in, you can enter the command "ls -alrut", that shows in > the last lines, the files that have just been read. Among these files, > there should be an initialisation file for your shell, for example .bashrc > or .profile. In the end of this file, you can put the line > PATH=$PATH:/sw/bin > > (for a csh-like shell, the syntax is perhaps different...) > > Cheers, Peter
